IDENTIFICATION OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK

MODE OF COMPOSITION
ROCK NAME TEXTURE CLASSIFICATION SKETCH
ORIGIN OF ROCK

 QUARTZ &
FELDSPAR
 FRAGMENTS
CONGLOMERATE  NOYISILTY
CLASTIC MICH OR SENDIMENT
 SANDY
BIOLASTIC
 FERRUGIRIOU
S
 CARBONOUS

 SILICON
HYDROGENIC
 FERRUGIRIOU
BIOCHEMICAL
RED SAND S
CRYSTALINE OR SENDIMENT
STONE  VARIOUS
CHEMICALLY
SALTS
ALTERED
 CALCEREOUS
 HYDROGENIC  SILICIOUD
BIOCHEMICAL  FERREGIRIOUS
ARGILLACEOUS
CRYSTALINE OR  VARIOUS SALT SEDIMENT
SANDSTONE
CHEMICALLY  CALCEREOUS
ALTERED

 QUARTZ &
FELDSPAR
 FRAGMENTS
SHELL MICH OR
CLASTIC  NOYISILTY SEDIMENT
LIMESTONE BIOLASTIC
 SANDY
 FERUGIRIOUS
 CARBONOUS

HYDROGENIC  SILICIOUS
BITUMINOUS BIOCHEMICAL  FERRUIRIOUS
CRYSTALINE SEDIMENT
COAL OR  VARIOUS SALT
CHEMICALLY  CALCEREOUS
ALTERED
QUESTION AND DISCUSSION

1. List the characteristic that distinguish sedimentary rocks /rom igneous and metamorphic
rocks.

Sedimentary rocks can be categorized into three groups based on sediment type. Most
sedimentary rocks are formed by the lithification of weathered rock debris that has been
physically transported and deposited. During the transport process, the particles that make up
these rocks often become rounded due to abrasion or can become highly sorted. Examples of this
type of sedimentary rock include conglomerate and sandstone. Scientists sometimes call this
general group of sedimentary rocks clastic. The remaining types of sedimentary rocks are created
either from chemical precipitation and crystallization, or by the lithification of once living
organic matter. We identify these sedimentary rocks as being non-clastic.

2. Explain all the genesis o/ sedimentary rocks.

All sedimentary rocks are made from the components of other, pre-existing rocks that have been
broken down, transported, and reassembled into new rocks. The classification of the rock gives
information about this history, telling others about its characteristics by its very name. Rocks can
be disintegrated into their chemical components, dissolved by runoff water, and eventually
deposited into a still water body. If the chemicals are precipitated by biological means either
directly by the organism, or indirectly by the organism modifying the environment, the resulting
crystalline materials are biogenic sedimentary rocks.
CONCLUSION

The composition the size, shape, sorting, and content of a sedimentary rock is largely dependent
on the tectonic regimes in which the sediment forms and the deposition environment in which it
was deposited. Environments evolve in systematic and predictable ways from source land to
Basin floor in each tectonic regime. The composition and predictable ways from the source land
to the basin. Sedimentary Structures and sequences of Sedimentary Structures found in a
sedimentary rock are determined by the processes characteristic of each particular deposition
environment. Deposition environments evolve in systematic and predictable ways downstream.
Sedimentary Structures and rock sequences of structures change in corresponding systematic and
predictable ways from the source land to the basin and textural characteristics of a sediment
change in corresponding systematic.

People have used sedimentary rocks throughout history for many different purposes, including
building materials and tools. For example, people made arrowheads out of flint for thousands of
years. Flint is a hard rock, yet it can be shaped to a point. Flint is formed when small particles of
silica settle out of water. Sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone have been used as
building materials for thousands of years. Both types of stone are soft enough to be cut easily
into blocks or slabs. Builders today use sandstone and limestone on the outside walls of
buildings. 5imestone also has many industrial uses. !or example, limestone is used in making
cement and steel